Even the Führer knew to support German science, and not just for war. Why is Trump trying to destroy America’s great research universities?
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Posted inPolitics
Government by Malicious Autopilot
The hostile takeover of federal IT systems is intended to use technology to reach preordained conclusions.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Elon Musk’s China Threat
The shadow president has deep ties to the Chinese dictatorship, and it shows. The risk to national security is unimaginable.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Bessent Gives Musk a Present, Stalling CFPB Oversight of Big Tech
A hastily added second order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director halts the agency from supervising non-bank firms like X.
Posted inPolitics
2024’s Foreseeable Unforeseens
What many refused to see in the last election becomes clearer day by day.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Private Equity Hatchet Man Leading the Lost Boys of DOGE
If Tom Krause is looking for government waste, ‘he should look in the mirror,’ says an ex-employee.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Federal Funding Must Flow
With Medicaid at risk, state officials could help put the brakes on DOGE and the chaos generated in Washington, but only with some decisive pushback.
Posted inWorking in America
King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag
Before Elon Musk can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Illegal Executive Spending Decisions Are Happening Now
With the rightful concern about collapsing the U.S. payment system, we’ve lost sight of the illegality happening in real time: presidential impoundment of funds for disfavored causes.
Posted inWorking in America
Vulnerable Federal Contractors Protest Terminations at USAID
The federal government relies on millions of contract workers who have minimal job protections.
